Countries
Madagascar
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
azafady
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
malgache
  
persan
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Malagasy and Persian Speaking population
Malagasy and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malagasy and Persian on Malagasy vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Persian Language Codes
Malagasy and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.